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…o I c i d of ci y' or economic crl The Detroit Editor. Lest mOlllh, activists from the comnwnity met to diGw up (j People's Platfonn on issues they wanted the CIUIIliI.lIIIes to 11/1- tin s in the city elections. The, ·Micltigfln Citiun is filMing (j s on the plImJa 0/ the pIIII- form. DETROIT - The People' came ill opposi- tl to t Detroi inciDer or, backed by ayor Coleman Yo d approYed by the city CouDcil to burn toxic . e p...…

…t P rt I DETROIT - Since the urb n rebellion 0 1967, the overall economic conditions in the city of Detroit have declined immensely. Although the relocation of white middle and working-class famiies to the outlying uburban are 11 underw y during cion DETROIT- The Wayne Cou ty Homele Union (WHU) pono ored their econd annual Leadership Program t their om office, 3627 C during the ee of August 14-19. s part of the eek-Iong . e...…

…By R Enlow terror attack I DETROIT - Residents of the John Smith Hou ing Project and member of tbe New African People's Organization (NAPO) called for tbe �nd of police brut lity bein con- . dueled in th nam of fighting dru . Dun..g a pre conlerence 1 y, A 8, tt Smith t �ir",_�� •• ItIIw:, . tn mayoral race By DETROIT During July hen national ttention was centered on the city of Detroit s 'result of the annual AACP Convent...…

…EfPOUJj BEAt" RESER o for This year's mayoral 'contest in Detroit is proving to be the mo t . nterest­ ing since 1973, when Coleman Young w elected to the po t by narrow margin over former Police Chief John Nichols. W ASHI GrON - A priest wa fired from hi job as a school principal in Virgini by his Roman Catholic bishop Wednesday Aug. 2, after an­ nouncing he would join the Rev. George Stallings in setting up eparate African...…

…. , I -I RI Co tu H..,· WlUID Changing milit ry hi lory . not an y k. But throu the dedicated eff rt: fa num r of Blac veter 0 ably David " Carr I of A�g lc th im- r possible m y become reality. I At the' start of the Korean : War the mili ary ill oper ted I with r cially grcgated uni _ 'One of th units, th all-Blae 24th Infantry Regi ... _ ..... " .... str ental in turning b c orth Korean communists at YC1ehon - a village ab...…

…" .. . .- Do kno you thi . . n? Aumo·�,P� Pkxw(A) 41 South. W hiagtoD Square, iog. ichipD 48CJ33 or call (517) 373-7111. Pre-applicati d be rec:eft1ed DO er thaD Septe ber30,I988. S te ••• to …

…·1 • -..or .... - po ac:tMIy. Dia e Ragsdale, Dallas (Teus) city co cil membe Jor pro-term, joined America di Mo e ent leader Ver OD Belleacourt (WaBu -Ini i) aDd Portland (Ore) PJ leader Harold Moore in . . F . the· de- pendeDt "People Claoic.e·. 1 n …

…Mother appeals to community for help Kalamazoo vets begin fund for Benton Harbor youth suffering Agent Orange effects on Pig 5 Serving the SU*'s African American Community AL - Arson, the urban ewal program of the underfunded O's continues to destroy the state's inner cities. If it's not HUD-funded demoli- tion p ojects tearing down major buildings and neigbborh it is arson doing e job. e Leath- ewland building on in Street in d d Bento...…

…Serving the Stille's African Americtlll Community o o HIGHLAND PK - Holland Consulting Co. proposed to the City Council the develop­ m nt of a community-owned, and developed shopping cen­ ter. According to Ellio Holland, pr . consulting company, the shopping center uld be cb'e ped along the lines of Vrrginia Park Com­ munity Plaza in Detroit, for HII�LB,d ummer tudyin b i Job Enrichment Training Scholarship program. Pictured ar...…

…o lie VOL. IX NO. 38 o t 's concealedwar against African America s , Pig. � Serving the State's African American Community ports sto e· boycott AUGUST 16 - 22, 1987 eve es 60's coa itio Blacks, women� labor bo;rcott erman's Grant Green FLINr - In a scene that was reminiscent of the 1960's, the UAW and Civil Rights groups joined hands and sang out in protest against 10 wages, ra­ cial discrimination, and sexual harassment outsi...…

…17 on Highland Park primary ballo Turn to P 6 Muskegon College lose Dr. Rucks The drive for Black ealth­ why do things fall apart? Turn to to P 1 Serving tJu SU*'s African Ameriam Community rab, Afr can Americans b I rael pledge hara men , D. C. - r b-Americans h ve gre ted ith epticism I el' an­ nounced plan to top the alleged hara sment of African and Arab­ Americans e in entry into the country at it Tel Aviv irport. ...…

…z Community College . J le Vaughn, III, At! Y d Hall and Detroit School Supt. ong distinguised the inspiration Cor at the 001. Turn to • 19 CO LANSI G - A preliminary study by the Michigan Dept of Civil Rights sho that without the Bla enrollments of W yne County Community Hopes In his third year with the ichi an Youth Corps Brian ichols of Benton Harbor sud­ denly learned that he was going to be pervisor for an Y work ere ...…

…2 J ss J c on es Appeal Luanda, Angola-The Rev. Jesse jackson while on a tour of t em Africa last wee appealed to the Reagan dmini tr tion to top its policy of "d tabilization" to ard the leftist government in Angola. The U.S. along . th hite ruled South Africa have been aiding rebels who are trying to overthro the government of Jose Eduardo do Santo. In addition, the Reagan admini tration has I beled Angola a client state of the Sovi...…

…25¢ z / From contractor to Congressman VOL. VIII NO.39 AUGUST 24 - 30,1986 Defeat' A e p o Dtsqual! y i ori ie From Federa Dol ar The Re an and United defe ted by U.S. Di tri t b n figlltin the CF thi 19 of Th priations C mmitte by a vote 01 the entire Senate upported the Hoyer Amend­ ment to keep the campaign open to minority and cia! ctivi t chariti . Dan ton pre 'dent of the ti nal Black United Fund ated • Thi i...…

…25¢ y Larry t NNPA News ASIll GTO - The Rev. Jack n and an inter­ racial deleg tion of labor, political and educational leader heduled a meeting ith presi­ dents of six "frontline" nations on the border of South Africa, Augu 13-28, to help fo e comprehensive and humane U.S. policy for the uthern Africa area, tional Rainbow Coalit­ ion official J ac son d the dele tion planned . its with heads of ate in An la, Tan Zam- b' ,Bot ...…

…Teaches aerobics to senior eltlzens Pag.9 Arthur Ash in Kalamazoo Page 3 VOL. VIII 0.37 AUGUST 10 - 16, 1986 wn here with his wife Evelyn and daughter Steph . on t Republican primary election and the chance to o mber. Lu al on a place in hi ory. He' ory. houJd he win in arn '86 vote could repeat '80's doom -Pre i­ major Blac organization or th ir repr ntative agreed to meet in hington, D.C., Augu t 13-14 to di u the criti al ...…

…Vote Tuesday, August 5 YORK - The ichi- gan Civil Right Commission like other state agencie charg­ ed with safeguarding civil rights are falling down on the job of enforcing anti-di rimination law a study by the American Jewish Congre has found. An 82-p e report stemming from the udy ays the enci have compiled at be a medio­ cre record of accomplishment becau they are not funded adequately, employ unqualified personnel, f' to co...…

…- The a r- e child support payment to B c and bite mothers de­ clined . gnificantly in real terms from 1978 to 1983, ccordlng to report from the Commerce Department' Census Bureau. a e reeei d by omen in 1983 26 percent 10 the amo t reported in 1978 after dj ting for In-. f n $1,470 en 1,980. yments to bite men declined by 13 percent, from 2,840 to 2,480. ccordin to an April 1984 y, the avera child up- port p yment to B omen ...…

…ou • I 9 whites, Bla ks have little acce to m rtga e m ney , the uburb r home ownership, Though the c ndition de- ribed in th 19 5 rban Lea u rep rt , 'The Bla k i higan , a familiar refrain, there are ome hift in the h using ituati n for Black Michigan, the report me uard re n inding the r shut on the 00- thi ancient Vir inia tate Riehm md. rl to be r u h on h r, for t Id m JU t hov child­ e th man is: • It ill e ju: t ...…

…itchner (left), Covert people on loosing end c • I • c ce y . in y COVERT - 0 t vi Ha­ kin ,76th Street, Co It, told the To n ip rd on- d y, ugust 5 that belie e th t unfair hirin p ctice are bein it ed t the con ruction site of the Township' 1.6 million elderly hou ing facility. H kin redre per n for th Van Buren County CP h rged that Sup rior Builder th St. Joseph b d gener I c ntractor, h only hired tw I cal minority pe...…

…E C of the Union of South Africa to protest the nation's system of racist ap rtheid and "state upported violence". The hi toric demonstration, organized by the TransAfrica lobby here, ignalled a depart­ ure from the League's usual, conciliatory, interracial During the gue's 75th annive ry conven­ tion here la t week, over 2,000 predominantly middle cla de- egat took unprecedented ction by m rching through the C pit I treet to t...…

…What Ferraro owes , Jesse Jackson MCP conduct its cond annual Dollar Day demonstration during Labor Day eek to educate Blac con men and to dramatize to th busine com­ munity th immen purchasing po r of BI c, AAC2 Ex­ Direct 0 Benjamin L announced. d mo ation will be d Sept. 1-.8 cro the coun­ try. During that branches ill urge and eir pporters to S2 bi and Susan B. An OIly dollar co' o '''U'IoA'''''''S determination to ope...…

…y o D TROIT - Michigan con­ umers are being denied the benefit of major healthcare co t­ cntainrnent legislation becau of political b ckmail' by Senate Republican ccordin to State ep. atthe c eely of De- troit, and reported in the Aug­ t 11, ichigan Chronicle. c eely, chair of th Hou In urance Committee, veIed the charge t nate ajority Leader John Engler and his GOP 001· le gu Gov. B nchard . ed into I ix bills of a yen-bill p...…

…MUSJ<EGON: Early Blue Lake-Dalton history: The Chicago Trib d john Upchurch PAGE7 o J o in votin ctor out to poll in ovem r. The publi ti n, authored by P ul C rton, political con ult nt nd r e rch r wi t h th t n firm of rttil and Kil y, n or d by th J int Cent r for P liti I tudi . C rt n' b , w hi h i b d n a ca tudy of the Detroit ichi n city inc me ta referen­ dum in J un 19 I, out line peci­ fic technique for getting out...…

…u kegon: t cuts, t e, unemploym nt oth r m tte relevant to th "fairne . ue" at both of hi I t two pre con­ ference , according to a new analy is . ued today by the Center on Budg t nd Policy Prioritie. The Center is a non-profit research organization in W sh­ ington, D.C. At hi July 24 and Jun 14 pre conference, th President contended th t no vidence e . ted to show that hi bud et cut h d hurt the poor, that ocial progra had b n e...…

…incl Stat D c rti Ii B.H .. Empir 7 Ii rms . co ntractor Terry y LANS G - The . chigan Depart- ment of Transportation (DOT) through it monitoring proce found ven fum claiming to be minority or woman­ owned ere not so' ality, ccording to DOT document . id-City Excavating, th con ruction company laying wen and r urfacing Empire Avenue in Bentn Harbor' one of the firm "decertified" by the tate, documentation reveals. Decertificat...…

…DETROIT t I. - Chen in support of the AACP' m . e national voter registration �paign ill end their J6O.miIe tre along the "Underground Railroad" route from entucky and through Ohio ·th am' e Voter R' tion ch through do nto n Detroit on Sunday, September 4. The AACP' Overground Railro d arch, concei d as method of dramat]- zing the . tion's effort to regist more a million Bl c voters Will end in a rally featuring Benjamin L. Hook ,...…

…yTerry A group of . Ipool Corp. employ-: that the company . . . t for th ppren on the b . of family rather than qualifi - The charge surfaced hen an anono- mou letter nt to the local daily per, th Whirlpool personnel chief, the chairman of the board, the Union local 1918, and throughout the plant. Ste inkier, per nnel department, denied th all tion in the letter ying they d"no validity hatsoever." , The I tter charges, "at I 0 a...…

…BH YOUTH I COMPElITIO E BULK RATE us. POSTAGE PAID n H r, I 49022 .50 ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED - U.S. D" trict ordered Thur- t all four d com- be up for el ti n th t the ard boundarie are illegal, the only r mairung " ue I ho to remedy the illegality Parish explained. ccording to Judge Enslen' ruling there . be no primary for th four t. All tho inter ted in running ve until September 16, to file nomina­ ting p itions. Th...…

…OUT· E VOL.V AUGUST 10 - 11, 1 13 I YO ogans e, e to m e more u hed it Day demo ration for Labor Day ee end po er of B c nding United Sa . of the . tion's regio and more than 1800 bran e been alerted to build pport for the effort and a team of three top CP economic expert ith the UII0d3' tOO' 0' F air Share Program are CUlt ntly on a tour of 23 citi to sup- plem local effort . C ot' on Blae Dollar Day - from September 1-5, ...…

…L CK o D TO ADD ESS CP CO VE TIO by • I C BE 0 HARBOR - City Treasurer . cardo Johnson confirm d onday, ugu 1, th t the city' investi ting the disappearance of city fund . According to Johnson, the sum is , ery small," - 300 - and declined to comment further. ceording to Johnson, Public Safety Director Sam tson i conducting the inve . tion. The funds are m' , g from the cemetery ccount, John n confirm­ ed. John n declined to...…

…B DEY AILS 0 AGE 3 VOL. IV O. 3 AUGUST 25 - 31,1982 Development, Lilly told The Citizen. There· 50 000 de ignated for code enforcement on th city's main reet ; $30,000 for park mainten e· S 160 000 for cquisition and demolition o b tand rd properti city- ide: 118 000 for 'stabilization" of city o n d property. Lilly explained that " abilization" meant reh illtation and sale of homes no 0 ned by the city. Lilly r fu d to di 10 any...…

…"BULK RATE u.s, POSTAGE PAID B on Harbor, I 49022 Pwm .50 VOL. IV O. 37 AUGUST 1 - 24, 1912 E oritles from the city: Larry Purnell, 950 Broad aye La ence Henry, 1395 Ogden; Sammy Lee Copper; 857 auceda; Sam illiam, 1040 Agard; John Gaines, 971 Colum­ bus; Sammie Copper, 857 cedlh; ate Green, 435 d moderate income peno , n. Whitfield '. The Director provid- - ed the Commission ith a list of pe employed by the general contr...…

…AUGUST 11 -17, 19 2 Serv Tri-County South ote City oter al approved the mil- e requ to fund the etro arcot- ic -.U d by 343 to 230 count. Only the orton School are turn­ ed do n the narcotics proposal T 1 ,010 voters in the city were ro � 15 percent of tho registered the city cler ' office reports. There ere 641 votes ca in the r ceo Jame B anc i:ie DemCCT t' con e 'chard Headlee in the ovem­ b r conte . In Benton Harbor, voter ...…

…, YOL. IV 0.35 A UST �-10. 1 2 Serv Tri-County Southw BULK RATE U.5. POST AG E PAID B on tgrbor, 49022 mit .50 Ich n STORYO AGE 6 . f of GARY, Ind. - The nation's 6,000 B elected offlcial ere urged to orpnize a "B Common ar et" that ould direct go emment busine 'to fum Gary ayor Richard Hatcher, ho conceived the idea, gave this example of ho it could ork: "Tbe city of Gary's employee are ed by Supreme Life Insurance Co., ...…

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…AUGUST 11-25 1 v 25 CE TS , Taxpaye through edi­ care and edicaid payments ICCOWlt for more h of the by ercy and Hospital. Community Re . , author of the document, . . anticipated t· current year, 1981, that figure mere to 56.88 percent. Cr percent of 1980 d i ed to drop to 10.41 per­ cent d . yeo AD According to documents filed the Department of Public 53.83 percent of the b paid It the 0 Twin C· boIpitab· 1980 e...…

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…VOL. II AUGUST 27 -SEPTE SER 2, 19 0 RVI could r . or arne d charter. Tb ayor out fo tro g yor form of g rnment that could be form d only after a charter change. In other bu " on- dy, th commission 'held public hearing for tax e empti fo Tech Fab r and Twin City etal Finish­ at hich th re were no public comment . city, qr e AI S SERIOU Finley, 40 h d n by . a car driven by ymond Jord , 562 Broad y, on Friday, ugu 15 in f...…

…When and if the City of Benton Harbor recei close to 100 parce of tax­ reverted prope . from th state hinges on ayor Joel Patter n. "According to T.. c- ker t Division Chief Land Division of D ,he nt a letter to the ayor on July 8 that h not yet been answe d. letter nt in to rveral qu by occupan of tax- erted proper' lo- cated in the city 0 been .appro ed by River- . e Development C rpora- lion to buy their h di pro- Turn...…

…VI G TRI-COUNTY $OUT STE ICHIGA A: October 1, e are not funding thre countie. The ency . only geared up for Ber­ rien County. e e pulled out fund f V uren dC . board compo ition mu t be changed. Th current facili­ ty is too large, too costly. In t of community identification, in outlying ar name of the doe not carry a good connotation, a nam . In rms of boaId compo ·tio , the reeompo- ition of b rd and chan in the by- s ...…

…TU TOPG7 er to the commi . n, not the city man r. P ttersoa noted that time, unpaid c� . nen do not h ve time to pervise employee . Carl Bro , 661 P anne, told "you haft m e 0 bad tion. Yau fail to the Ie· tift function (of the c . 'OIl) to t policy. Your rernUkJ indicate you feel you don't competant staff. But t pri- oritie, let no g let DO evaluative procedure by hich to (judge your taff. A strong ayor could run it into ...…

…SEE PAG 10 VOL.1t 0.35 AUGUST 6 - 12, 1910 ;ERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN MICHIGA figure no to ho Cso 50,000 f , f r in debt the omrm on but id th t of the month report, they 40000 ort. � of Sm I Small tter re d: e P P rty a destroyed by UCOC ha a ry note d mortg e on this property. "On your behalf, 1 t en steps to try and pro � UCOC's inter this property . ranee y invol been notifi of your inter- d h been nt a copy...…